Tuesday, July 22, 2008

SINDHI STYLE CHOLA BHATURA KE SAATH

The term chola bhatura reminds me of spicy chola and fluffy bhatura which my mother prepares at home,..then i heard about PINDI CHOLA,..which was something new for me,..tried for the first time,..liked a lot,..few days back got recipe for sindhi chola while browsing through books in library,..sindhi chola is something which i have never heard of,..so thought of givin it a try,,

ingredients needed are

300gm overnight soaked chickpeas

onion two chopped

one cup onion ginger garlic paste

tomato paste half cup

salt to taste

oil to cook

one tsp each of coriander ,turmeric,garam masala

half tsp of amchur and black pepper powder

pinch of asafoetida

cumin seeds one tsp

black pepper 6

cloves 5

bay leaf two crushed

black cardamom one

procedure

In a cooking wok transfer the soaked chickpeas along with the water,half of chopped onions,cloves,pepper,bay leaf,cardamom,cumin seeds,salt and asafoetida,bring to boil for half an hour,keep stirring,reserve the drained liquid after removing from flame

In another cooking wok,heat one tablespoon of oil,add the leftover chopped onions and keep frying ,till onions start losing their shape,now add onion ginger garlic paste,keep frying till the paste blend s well with the onions

Now add coriander,turmeric,garammasala,amchur and blackpepper powder,.keep stirring..add the tomato paste

followed by salt,..

mix well and keep stirring,now add the cooked chickpeas followed by the water in which they were cooked

serve hot with bhatura or rice

for the bhatura recipe click here i added one bread soaked in curd to the maida and then kneaded the dough

oh my god, i love chole bhature. urs look so tempting. i rem when i went to amritsar they serve pindhi chane with kulcha.chk out some pics herehttp://myluvforfood.blogspot.com/2008/01/trip-to-amritsar-india.html